Metal-bender.



W. A. FULPORD. METAL BBNDER;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 1914.

1,1 19,691 Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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WILLIAM ADAM FULFORD, OF ELKHORN, 'WEST VIRGINIA.

METAL-BENDIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed June 2, 1914. Serial No. 842,440.

Elkhorn, in the county of McDowell and State of lVest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal- 1 Benders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal benders and more particularly to that class known as bench benders.

The object of my invention is to provide a metal bender, for bending metal bars and rods at any angle or degree.

Another object of my invention is to provide a metal bender, and to construct the same in an exceedingly cheap and simple manner, yet durable and substantial, and one that will efficiently perform all of its intended functions. I

IVith these objects in view and such others as may hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the particular construction of the various parts, and in the novel manner of combination and arrangement of said parts, all of which will be more fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1, is a top plan view illustrating a metal bar clamped within the bender. Fig. 2, is a side elevation, and Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional detail views.

Referring by numerals to the drawings 1. represents a metal plate commonly known as a bench, this plate is provided with a central aperture 2, adapted to receive a hub 3, formed integral with a block' i, the said block being formed or attached to a handle 5, which is provided with a roller 6, adapted to rest upon and travel over the surface of the plate. The hub 3, is held in position by a block 7, bolted or otherwise secured to the plate as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The surface of the plate is provided with a dovetail channel or groove 8, adapted to receive a male dovetail block 9, secured to I an angular block 10, by set screws-11 and 19, which are adapted to be tightened so as to lock the block 10, in any desired position. This block 10 is attached to one end of a screw bolt 13, mounted in a block 14, secured to the edge of the plate 1, and provided with a hand Wheel 15, for driving the same. One of the faces of the block 10, by reason of the location of the dovetail groove, is always held parallel with the face of the block 7, and the face of the block 7, is in a line with the face of the block 4, when the device is in a position to receive a bar, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be readily seen that the device can be adiusted to receive bars or rods of various thicknesses, and that when a bar has been clamped in the device, that by moving the handle the bar or rod mav be bent at or to any of the various angles indicated in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a manually operated metal bender, in combination. a relatively large fiat base having a central aperture, a fixed block removably mounted on said base, an angle block having one side adjacent said fixed block and between which the metal is adapted to be bent, a tongue and groove sliding connection between said angle block and base disposed at an acute angle to said fixed block, means for moving said angle block toward and from the central aperture to accommodate metal of different dimensions, a movable block integrally formed with a pivot fitting said central aperture, a lever connected therewith for manually moving said movable block at will about the central aperture toward the other side of said angle block, and means for locking said movable block in any position.

WILLIAM ADAM FULFORD.

Witnesses:

EDWARD C. PAGE, J. H. NEWTON.-

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